UNEARTHED - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman - 2024 Arkhaios Grand Prize Winner - TAS 283
Today’s episode is a special one where we interview Director Christian Stiefenhofer. In the first segment he gets a special announcement from Arkhaios Film Festival founder Jean F. Guilleux. We discuss the amazing documentary that Christian and his team put together and in the last segment, Rachel and Chris wrap up the show with a discussion about the film.
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Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology with Laura Heath-Stout - TAS 282
This week, postdoctoral scholar Laura Heath-Stout joins Chris for a conversation about her upcoming book Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology. They explore how the lack of diversity in the field of archaeology has influenced our perception of ancient history, and how this can and should change.
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The 2024 Arkhaios Film Festival - TAS 281
The Arkhaios Film Festival is a free annual event that takes place every fall. It highlights the work of film makers working in the anthropology and archaeology space. This year the Archaeology Podcast Network participated in the jury selection process and we interviewed a few of the film makers. In this episode you’ll hear from Andrew Jones of Curiosity Trek and Alessio Consorte of The Last Shop, two of the short films that were selected.
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Dealing With Your Demons, Medieval Style - TAS 280
This week we take a closer look at three archaeology news articles. In Norway, an archaeology rescue program is finding and recovering archaeological remains when they are exposed to air by glacial melt. Some of the artifacts are incredibly well preserved examples of organic material that normally doesn't survive the archaeological record. Then we head over to the United States and take a look at a new evidence at a paleolithic hunting camp in Michigan, where researchers have found evidence of what animals they were processing with the store tools. And finally, a medieval grave of a child in Poland appears to have been buried with extreme anti-vampire measures.
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Prehistoric Native American tools reveal what they ate at Great Lakes camp
Medieval 'Vampire' Child Burial Used Extreme Measures to Keep Dead in Grave
Archaeologists Unearth Grave of 'Zombie' Ancients Wanted Buried Forever
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Time Bandits Review - TAS 279
On today’s episode we review the surprisingly historically accurate Apple TV+ reboot of the movie Time Bandits. The new TV show, Time Bandits features a 10-episode season where a group of “bandits” travel through time meeting historical characters along the way. We talk about those characters and the real facts behind them, as well as what we liked about the show. They got a lot of the details right!
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Inbreeding Christians, Unreadable Text, and Boats Built in Plain Sight - TAS 278
The first news story this week used DNA to find out some interesting things about some Christians in Spain. Not only were they inbreeding, likely to keep their faith and lines pure, but they had small pox and some other interesting characteristics. Next we learn about a small disc found on the island of Crete with an unreadable script on it. Finally, how did early Scandinavian’s build boats? Perhaps the evidence has always been there.
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DNA reveals inbreeding, smallpox and violent ends among cave-dwelling Christians in medieval Spain
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These Markers of Scandinavia’s Bronze Age Boatyards Were Hiding in Plain Sight
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People Stumbling Into Archaeology - TAS 277
If you pay attention to your surrounding you just might find a bit of history. Our new stories this week are all about people paying attention and looking around and ultimately finding something worthy of the history books.
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Walker stumbles on bones sticking out of field — and finds Viking-era grave in Norway
Volunteer notices buried structure on mountaintop — and finds ancient Roman campsite
Archaeology Student Stumbles on a Cache of Danish Viking Silver
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Big Animals and the Humans That Love (to eat) Them - Ep 276
Today’s episode is all about mega-fauna and human interactions. Our first story takes us to a creek in Iowa where the first complete mastodon for that state has been found. Next we go to UC Berkeley where researchers think they’ve figured out, through research and experimental archaeology, how early humans took down those big animals. Finally we move over to Spain where new research is suggesting that Neanderthals didn’t ONLY eat big, slow, animals but adapted to take down smaller game. They were smarter than we think they were, of course!
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Bulgarians Using a Coffin as a Table? - TAS 275
This week we cover 3 recent archaeology news stories including an ancient Roman sarcophagus turned beach bar, the source of the altar stone at Stonehenge and more evidence refuting the claims about Homo Naledi “burial”practices made in the Cave of Bones documentary on Netflix.
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Beach bar used a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus as table — until a tourist noticed
The voyage of the Altar Stone: A Stonehenge mystery solved (maybe)
More Research Shuts Down Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi, Star Of Netflix Documentary
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The Plymouth Rock Hoax - TAS 274
Spoiler alert, we love the story of Plymouth Rock even if it isn’t exactly true history! This week we look at some important historical places on the coast of Massachusetts including Plymouth rock, the Mayflower and New Bedford.
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The Shot Heard Round the World - TAS 273
This week we talk about our recent visit to Minute Man National Historical Park. We also discuss a recent archaeological find at that park which is likely related to the first shots fired in the American Revolution. And finally, we talk all the famous authors that also happened to live and write in that same area!
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Australian Mine Blows up an Archaeological Site - TAS 272
First up this week, we look at why an extremely significant site in Australia was able to be destroyed by a mine, against the wishes of the Traditional Owners. Then, through the efforts of engineering and experimental archaeology, a full size replica of a 4,000 year old ship was launched in Abu Dhabi. And finally, a fragment of red fabric that was dyed with bugs has been found in Israel.
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Results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blast
Ancient ship — made of goat hair and reeds — reconstructed off Abu Dhabi, photos show
4000-Year-Old Fabric from Cave of Skulls is Oldest Known Insect-Dyed Textile
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The Strange and Suspicious Career of Dr. Andrew Kinkella - TAS 271
This week we continued our APN Host Interview series with Dr. Andrew Kinkella, the fantastic host of The Pseudo-Archaeology Podcast and one of the co-hosts of the CRM Archaeology Podcast. Andrew has done so many cool things throughout his career including excavating in Mayan Cenotes in Belize, working as a Community College Professor in California, and talking head on Discovery Channel style documentaries. After we chat about all that, we look at a recent news article about the supposed red-headed giants of Lovelock Cave in Nevada. Spoiler Alert, they weren’t real!
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Oldest ritual in the world? - TAS 270
First up this week we look at one more reason why Cahokia wasn’t all of a sudden abandoned the way researchers had once assumed. Then, excavations at a site in Lake George, NY may (or may not!) shed some light on a 1700’s era Smallpox hospital. And finally, is it possible that a ritual has been passed down 12,000 years? New evidence in Australia suggests it is!
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Archaeologists dispute theory of largest Native American city's abandonment
12,000-year-old ritual passed down 500 generations may be world’s oldest
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From Ruins to Relics: Exploring Britain's Pompeii, a Hidden Ivory Pyx, and Denmark's Earliest Known Immigrant - TAS 269
This week we have 3 archaeology news stories. First, a bronze age site known as Must Farm has been called Britain’s Pompeii, and we look at why it has been given that name. Then, a fragmented ivory Pyx was found hidden in a Christian church. And finally, new dietary analysis of a Danish Bog body tells a story of neolithic immigration between very different communities.
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Snail Slime to Smallpox: Unexpected Discoveries (and Yes, There Are Cherries at Mount Vernon) - Ep 268
This week we have three great archaeology news stories! First up, archaeologists have excavated a royal purple dye workshop in Greece. Then, excavations at an early colonial Incan cometary give insight into how small pox affected the community. And finally, perfectly preserved cherry bottles have been found in a cellar at Mount Vernon.
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In This Ancient Workshop, Greeks Crushed Snail Glands to Make the Purple Dye Worn by Royalty
Skeletons of Incan kids buried 500 years ago found marred with smallpox
Two cases of smallpox from 1540 CE circum-contact (early colonial) Northern Coastal Peru
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Burial Artifacts, Pompeii Survivors, and Australia Migration Routes - TAS 267
This week we look at 3 recent news stories. First up, the surprising contents of a burial found along the ancient silk road. Then, new research into what happened to the survivors of Pompeii. And finally, new evidence may disqualify on of the possbile migration paths that ancient humans took to Australia.
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Archaeologists Found Stunning Treasure Buried by a Mysterious Forgotten Tribe
Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests
Archaeologists Discover Clues to Ancient Migration Route That Brought Humans to Australia
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Rogue Archaeology, Lava Tubes and Castle A - TAS 266
You guys answered our call, and this week we have 3 (kinda) news stories that were sent in by listeners! First, a rogue researcher doing interesting work in the Chesapeake Bay. Then, we look at ancient lava tubes in Saudi Arabia and how they were utilized by ancient people. And finally, a follow up to the Castle A fire at Montezuma’s Castle!
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22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America
Parsons Island Maryland Synthesis of Geoarchaeological Investigations 2013-
2020 Darrin Lowery FINAL 7-2-2021 low resolution versionArchaeologists Found Human Remains in Lava Tubes, Filling in a Secret Historical Gap
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Microwear Analysis with APN Host Dr. Matilda Siebrecht - TAS 265
Meet Tilly, the amazing host of Tea-Break Time Travel, and co-host of the And My Trowel podcasts. She is also the woman behind the @the_archaeologists_teacup Instagram account, and all the APN social media! Today we chat with her about her all podcasts, as well as her areas of expertise: microwear analysis and experimental archaeology. Finally, she lends her expert opinion on a recent news article that used some cutting edge microwear analysis techniques to draw some pretty big conclusions.
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Microscopes and Magnifications (The Archaeologist’s Teacup Blog)
The little things in life. Investigating the past one micrometre at a time
130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues
Matilda's Academia page with all her published studies and theses
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Egypt in the News! - TAS 264
Ancient Egypt seems to be all over the news lately, so today we cover 3 of the most interesting of those stories!
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Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground 'Anomaly' Near the Giza Pyramids
Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
Archaeologists discover ancient Egyptian pharaoh's fortified royal retreat
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